On selection of probability distributions for representing annual extreme rainfall series

Global Solutions for Urban Drainage

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1-10

  Nguyen, Van Thanh Van ^a   Tao, Diana ^a   Bourque, Alain ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0036391288     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40644(2002)250     Document Type: Conference Paper

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